The National tribune., 1887-03-03

and Secretary of the Regimental Association,
Concord, KY, says he Is furnishing the Pension
Office with the names, rank aud service of the
survivors of that regiment as fast as they are
reported TO him. Ninety one have already re-
ported, and he urges all to send in their names,
with fee Of % cents for enrolment in return
for which each will receive a certificate.
w. +. Fallon. Captain, Co. i, 9th Ill. Cav,
heartily seconds the proposition to hold Re-
.euniOn of this regiment at st. Louis during the
National Encampment in September. He urges
| that some person take hold of the matter and
| perfect plan whereby the occasion can be
made one of pleasure and profit to all the COM
rades.
Andrew ]. Williamson, Co. F. 10th Pa, East
| Waterford, Pa, gives some interesting remin-
| iscences of camp life at Camp Griffin, Va, in
| the Winter Of 1922.
r. Il. Van Gorder, Elmira, Y. Y, says he is
getting up collection of war relics to exhibit
at GAR. gatherings to aid in raising means to
help distressed comrades. He would be glad
| If anyone would send him relics which will
contribute to its interest, and for which he is
willing to pay fair price.
Il. Il. Miller, Alta, Iowa, would be glad to
| hear something from the Second Brigade, Gen.
| French. of Summers (SecOndl Corps. The Bril-
| gade was composed of the I30th and 1OSth n.
Y, 18th Conn. and 18th n. J.
he often recalls the march with Sherman from
Atlanta to the sea, in which he participated,
and he would be glad to see more about it in
| THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. He wishes some of
! the members would write.
j. ID. OBrien, Co. II, 9Th No., East Leaven-
worth Mo-, thinks that the Army of the Ten
nessee did some as hard fighting as any of the
| Eastern troops did at Gettysburg and that its
results were just as important in deciding the
| issue of the war;
| Charles Schultze, Chelsea, Mass, saws that
Hancock Post, No. /, Union Veterans, has just
received its charter, containing 45 names of sol
diers, sailors and marines. OF the 40, 20 were
wounded in battle, six losing an arm. The
writer does not think any soldier organization
in the country can excel this record.
| X. McNickle, 81 Kenesaw street, Milwaukee,
| Wis, would be glad to hear through THE Ma
| TIoNAL TRIBUNE from some of his old COM
rades of the 117th ILL.,, provided they are not
ashamed of their regiment, and he does not be-
| lieve they are.
Give Them Their Due.
| A. P. Alexander, Marion, Iowa, points out
one injustice which he thinks should be rem
edied by the Blair bill. He says that widows
whose husbands died since July ], 1880, lose
| the pension for the interval between the date
/ of the husbands death and the date of filing
/ the claim in the Pension Office. There are q
number of instances in his own town where
widows whose husbands had applications for
| pensions pending at date of DEATH have at
| tempted to complete the claim but have been
| informed that they must file a formal claim for
widows pension based upon the death, etc, and
these, when allowed, commence from the date
of filing her claim without reference to the
date of filing the husbands claim.
ThOs. Fallon, Co. ID, 11th Mass South Brain
| tree, Mass, thinks the soldiers are not dying
of fast enough to suit the editor of the New
1 Work onH nfhnr no cfo Hofk ap
during the war. He thinks the brave bond
| holders have no right to complain Of the
amounts, large though they are that are paid
| to the soldiers TO compensate them in some
small measure for the sufferings they endured
and must endure as long as they live, by reason
| of wounds and disease.
! w. $. Grow, Dawson, Mimi, heartily agrees
with Comrade Brewster in the sentiments ex-
pressed in his reeently-published article, Wild
Ows and Orphans" He thinks the millions
| that are piled up in the Treasury doing nobody
any good should be used to relieve the neces-
sites of the suffering and needy. He wonders
how many of the present Congress would be
willing to stand in line of battle and receive
| one vOlley of bullets from the enemy for all the
millions that are piled up in the Treasury.
| A. NJ. Castillo, Co. +, 18th Mo. Cav, Freeland,
Mo-, thinks that the plan of having pension
/ claims adjusted by jury would not work well
| i'll many States, because the juries would be ex-
rebel soldiers. He also is in favor, in view of
the progress that has been made in everything
else, that young men should be declared of age
at 20 instead of II years as at present.
| o. ). Barrett, 4th Mich. Adrian, Mich, says
| he is, and always will be, great sufferer from
| the effects of a terrible wound received at
! Gettysburg. He cannot see the justice of the
/ Determinations made in favor of those who
have lost limbs, but are yet in good health, and
are by no means as badly disabled as very many
who have been rendered utterly helpless by
wounds and disease.
| L. A. Sherman, Co. 3, 5Ist Ind, Oak Valley.
/ Kan. thinks the bill recently passed for the
/ benefit of disabled soldiers and dependent rela-
/ tives, although not fully meeting the require
ments OF the case, is great improvement on
heretofore existing laws. 1t has since been
vetoed
Perry Mcdaniel, Co. l. 18th Ohio, Lancaster,
| Mo-, does not like the pension bill introduced
| by Senator Sherman, OF Ohio. He says there
are Tiany comrades who are rs badly disabled
rs though they had lost limbs who did not
| apply in time to get the arrears and he thinks
| they are as much entitled to it as those who
/ suffered amputations.
l.. Z. Vance, Co. b. 35th Mo-, Sheridan, Wyo.,
says he served through the war and came out
! greatly broken in health. He would like to
see bayonet charge of the comrades all along
the line in the shape of demand for justice at
| the hands of those who make the laws.
| Dan Knight, Go. c. 9Th Iowa Cav, COlfax
| Iowa, was not pleased with the action of the
| majority of the House Pension Committee in
reporting adversely OH the bill to pension Mrs.
! Logan. He says the present administration is
on trial before the people, and it must carry
itself very cireumspectly if it does not want to
| get left next time.
VIM. ID. Sweet. Alexandria Bay, Y. Y, writes
of the long and patient labors and sufferings Of
the soldiers, and of the obligations that rest
upon the Government to make good its prom
| ises TO them.
John Carter, Co. K, seth H., Leesville, No.,
says his health was ruined by exposure in the
army, and he gets just about pension enough to
buy sandwich each day. He hopes the time
| is not far distant when justice will be done He
will be glad to hear from any of his old COM
rades.
III. J. Walter, Co. A, Both ILL.,, Buffalo Prairie,
ILL.,, thinks that there is no justice in Senator
Sherman's proposition to extend the arrears of
| pensions to those who have lost limbs and not
including those otherwise disabled. If the
Sherman bill would take in all of these it
| would be measure of justice.
"A Veteran" 7lth Ohio. Cadiz, o., thinks
Congress cannot make any better disposition OF
| the Treasury surplus than by making good to
| the soldiers the difference between the price of
| gold and the greenbaeks in which they were
| paid. The Government paid the bondholder in
gold why not the soldier?
| VIM. NJ. Jones, 1909 Franklin street, Rich
mond, Va, thinks the principle of equivalent
disability" should prevail in the enactment OF
! pension laws. He deprecates the Injustice of
| increasing the pension of those who have lost